clear() not implemented as object method?

[Thomas Mader]

I just wondered why clear() which is there to call the desctructor of an 
object is implemented as a module function instead of being an object 
method in object_d.
Is there a technical reason for it I don't recognise?
unittest {
    auto b = new Buffer;
    clear(b); // Wouldn't b.clear() be nicer?
}

Thomas